Travel Blogs from Chernivtsi

... L. Bertha was killed by a bomb that hit in front of her house during WWII. Herman saw when his mom was killed by the bomb. After being deported to Transnistria, Menashe returned to Chernowitz once the war ended, and died shortly after.

After the archives, we took the same taxi to the Old Jewish Cemetery. Before entering the cemetery, we crossed the street to the old ...

... We then walked to Olha Kobylyahska Street, the main pedestrian street of the city. In Austrian times, it was known as the Herrengasse, and was known to be a street only for the people of the highest classes. Pavlo told me that during Austrian times, people who were not dressed properly were kicked off of the street by police, in order to ensure its image. ...

... room, closed the door, jumped the rope and stamped our passports with the royal seal. It may have helped us get through the Romanian border later in the day ;) The border was a bit tricky. We got to the Romanian side and a man and woman came over and we explained that we needed to stamp our cars' carnè (auto passport) to say that we'd left the EU. They argued for a while, left and came back a few minutes later only to come ...

I've never heard of Chernivtsi before but I was told to come here by my phone. That sounds a little strange but hear me out. When I was using my iPhone I found a message on my notes screen, simply saying Chernivtsi. I have no idea who wrote it or when but it must of been somebody recommending me to visit surely? (if it was somebody reading this who wrote that note, it'll be nice if you let me know, thanks!). The phone has spoken and the decision ...